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[Washington State] [North Pacific Coast Publishing Company]Biblio.com

North Pacific Coast. A Semi Monthly Journal: Devoted to the Home Life Schools Agriculture Horticulture Commerce Mines Manufactures and other Resources and Industries of Washington Territory. Vol. 1. No. 3

Parke, John G (Albert H Campbell, Illustrator) [Pacific Railroad Surveys]Biblio.com

Valley of the Gila and Dierra De Las Estrellas from the Maricopa Wells Reports of Explorations and Surveys . from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Volume VII Report of Explorations for Routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles California West of the Coastal Range by Lieutenant John G. Parke and Albert H. Campbell 1854-55 33d Congress 2d Session House Ex. Doc. 91 Serial 797

185714427Washington DC: Bevery Tucker Printer 1857. First Edition. Very Good. A.H Campbell. 8.25x11in One litho tinted illustrated plate Part I plate V; Light age-toning along edges with several light spots in margin. Samuels p. 81 Taft p. 265. This plate is from from Volume VII of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. Albert Henry Campbell 1826-1899 was a Railway survey artist-explorer civil engineer and surveyor. He was one of the more important artist of the surveys and participated in several survey expeditions across the west from 1853 to 1854. In the fall of 1854 he joined the Parke survey expedition for a coastal railroad route from San Francisco to San Diego and the survey along the 32nd parallel to Arizona. All eight of the full-page illustrations are credited to Campbell in the report three of California and five of Arizona scenes After the surveys he was assigned to Washington as Superintendent of Pacific wagon roads to 1860. During the Civil war he was a map maker for the Confederate Army and chief engineer of railroads based in West Virginia. from Samuels The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance. Bevery Tucker, Printer unknown

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Stevens, Isaac I (John Mix Stanley, Illustrator) [Pacific Railroad Surveys]Biblio.com

Awaiting the Return of Mr. Tinkham Reports of Explorations and Surveys . from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Volume XII Narrative and Final Report of Explorations for a Route for a Pacific Railroad near the Forty-Seventh and Forty-Ninth Parallels . From St. Paul to Puget Sound by Isaac I. Stevens Governor of Washington Territory 1855 36th Congress 1st Session House Ex. Doc. 56 Serial 1054-55

186014426Washington DC: Thomas H. Ford Printer 1860. First Edition. Very Good. 8.25x11in One litho tinted illustrated plate Part I plate XXXII; Some age-toning along edges with several light spots in margin and print. Samuels p.460 Taft p. 1. This plate is from from Volume XII of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance. The illustration "Awaiting the Return of Mr. Tinkham" was done to support part of the report narrative by Stevens starting on p. 127 of the report. Mr. Tinkham was one of several civilian members of the survey that fanned out along the general route to identify better terrain for a railroad line. They were generally accompanied by Native American guides the knew the terrain. Mr. Tinkham proceed without a guide and became disoriented for a number of days before finding his way back to the camp. John Mix Stanley 1814-1872 was an artist-explorer American painter of landscapes and of Native American portraits and tribal life. In 1842 he traveled to the West to paint Native Americans and spend the next ten years painting and exhibiting in eastern cities and the Smithsonian. During the Mexican War in 1846 he was a draftsman for the Corps of Engineers assigned to Colonel Kearney's expedition to California and Oregon Territory. He produced maps and illustrations for the Army. After the war he spent time in Hawaii painting the Royal family native life and landscapes. In 1853 Stanley was appointed the chief artist to Isaac Stevens survey expedition for a Pacific railroad route from St. Paul to Puget Sound the Northern Survey. During the survey he produced the stunning 70 illustrations and fold out panoramas in the Stevens report. When he returned to Washington in 1854 he produced an exhibition of his paintings and large panoramas of western scenes from the Northern survey. from Wiki and Samuels in part. Thomas H. Ford, Printer unknown

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Williamson, R S and Henry L Abbot [Pacific Railroad Surveys]Biblio.com

Four Litho tinted plates from the Reports of Explorations and Surveys . from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Volume VI Explorations of a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River Lieut. R. S. Williamson and Lieut. Henry L. Abbot 33d Congress 2d Session House Ex. Doc. 91 Serial 796

185714424Washington DC: A. O. P. Nicholson Printer 1857. First Edition. Very Good. 8.25x11in Four litho tinted illustrated plates I II VIII and XII; Some age-toning along edges one with large stain along right edge not affecting neatline of illustration. These plates are from from Volume VI of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. The plates were drawn in 1855 by John J. Young 1830-1879 a staff artist for the War Department. He was assigned in 1855 as a draftsman for the Lt. Williamson railway survey to connect California's Sacramento Valley with Oregon's Columbia River.Young's views of the Cascade Range included 14 landscape scenes one geologic scene and 10 drawings of trees in there habitat from Samuels p 545 The Illustrations are: Plate 1 - Lassens Butte From Vicinity of Camp 18 Plate II Mouth of Fall River near Camp 20 Plate VIII Canon of Psuc-See-Que Creek near Camp 41A Plate XII Shasta Butte and Shasta Valley from a point near Camp 70A. The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance. A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer unknown

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